Sumário

1. Introduction

2. Concept of the RCC

3. History of development of RCC
3.1 Historical background
3.2 State of the art RCC dams
3.3 Development of roller compacted concrete in Brazil
3.4 RCC design and construction - Brazilian Practices
3.5 RCC Focused as material
3.6 Most significant events in RRC for dams

4. Design of RCC dams
4.1 General
4.2 Site selection
4.3 Dam type
4.4 Design considerations
4.5 Thermal and volume changes
4.6 Contraction joints
4.7 Construction joints between layers
4.8 Galleries and adits
4.9 Seepage control
4.10 Instrumentation

5. Materials
5.1 General
5.2 Cementitious materials
5.3 Fillers
5.4 Aggregates
5.5 Water
5.6 Admixtures

6. Design of mixture proportions
6.1 General
6.2 Mixture proportioning - Routines
6.3 Commets, comparison and discussion

7. Properties
7.1 General
7.2 Laboratory facilities and standard
7.3 Fresh RRC properties
7.4 Hardened RRC properties
7.5 Comparison of laboratory test specimens and project cores

8. Construction planning, construction and details
8.1 General
8.2 RCC dams - different nominations - evolution
8.3 Stting and logistic factors
8.4 Economical feasibility of RRC construction
8.5 Construction planning
8.6 General layout
8.7 Aggregate production
8.8 RCC batching and mixing
8.9 RCC transporting and placing
8.10 Compaction
8.11 Curing and protection
8.12 Surface preparation and treatment
8.13 Detailed construction method
8.14 Contraction joints

9. Quality control and assurance
9.1 General points, philosophy and guidelines
9.2 Quality plan
9.3 Training and communication
9.4 Materials
9.5 Proportioning and mixing
9.6 RCC quality control during placement
9.7 Compressive strength
9.8 Temperature control
9.9 Grade and alignment control
9.10 Test fill section
9.11 Instrumentation
9.12 Laboratory
9.13 Summary

10. Costs
10.1 Main aspects
10.2 Total cost of a project
10.3 Estimating cost for roller compacted concrete
10.4 Example

11. Other use
11.1 General considerations
11.2 Foundation improvement and back-filling
11.3 Cofferdams
11.4 Embankments and slope protection
11.5 Rehabilitation and replacement
11.6 Central core
11.7 Spillway
11.8 Pavements

12. Performance of RCC dams
12.1 General
12.2 Factors affecting seepage
12.3 Durability considerations
12.4 Structural performance
12.5 Thermal performance
12.6 Cracks and seepage
12.7 Lessons learned from cracking, seepage and seepage-related phenomena
12.8 Additional comments

13. Author's comments concerned to RCC as construction material references
13.1 General
13.2 Structural and materials properties
13.3 Cost

14. References